[APBeta] FOV star colors

[David Crum]

Not sure how I overlooked it :)

It woudl be nice to know which catalogs had the spectral colors as well :)

Thanks Paul!!

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Paul Rodman <paul at ilanga.com> wrote:
>
> On Sep 20, 2010, at 7:00 PM, David Crum wrote:
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>> I have been to the area of the preferances where the FOV applies.  I
>> have seen where the FOV Spectral colors are defined.  My question is:
>> How do I get the stars colors to appear IN the FOV itself?  I am sure
>> it is a setting, I just cant locate it :)
>
> Well, there's two issues involved here:
>
> a. You need to select the Display->Spectral Colours option in the FoV Display Options.
> b. The stellar catalogue being displayed needs spectral info for each star. Most of the big catalogues don't have that. However, the All-Sky Compiled Catalogue does, and that goes pretty deep, magnitude-wise.
>
> Hmm, perhaps I should find a way to show which catalogues have said spectral info.
>
> Paul R.
>
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